Here we go again, Twilight thought as she and her friends faced off against yet another unicorn or alicorn or whatever that had turned to darkness.
How many times has this happened? First was Luna, then Trixie, then Sunset, then Starlight, then Stygian. When Starlight moved into her castle, that was kind of fun. Then Trixie started hanging out more until she finally moved in, and that was OK. Then Stygian decided to stay there too until he figured things out. He still hasn't. Then Sunset came back from the other world and bummed in her castle with her girlfriend, the alternate Twilight, and that was weird. And then Luna decided to live there too for some reason, and it started getting kind of stuffy. But then came Dusk, then Sundown, then Eve, then Nightfall, then Evening, then Gloaming, then Eventide, then Close of Day.
The point is, it was getting crowded in the castle!
And now there was this, what was her name, Crepusular Light! Twilight was sick and tired of providing boarding for all these reformed unicorns in her house, and it was going to end now!
She reminisced on how King Sombra was defeated. Friendship energy came, and blew him up. Yeah, that was nice. No weeping pony left behind to grant forgiveness to.
Twilight regarded her foe. She was enveloped in darkness, talking about how because she was distracted by her friends, she failed her math quiz. Twilight could partially sympathize, that was a pretty heinous thing for her friends to do, but that was still dumb.
Fluttershy spoke, "If you hadn't pushed away your friends, you all could have learned from that experience!" No Fluttershy, don't!
Crepusular hesitated and the darkness faded. No, I don't want another roommate! "You... think they could ever forgive me?"
If she was forced into darkness more, maybe they could use the Elements of Harmony, and then she would explode like Sombra! Yes, that could work! But she needed to move quickly.
Applejack opened her mouth to say something, but Twilight quickly shouted, "Look, I don't care about your friendships problems or anything! I.. I just had nothing better to do!" Alright, just have to make it seem like we aren't interested in her problems.
Twilight's friends looked at her blankly. Rainbow shouted, "What the hay, Twilight! What do you think--" but she was interrupted by Rarity raising her hoof. She knew what was going on.
"Look at you! You're such a mess!" Twilight shouted, her face red with exertion. Despite her negative thoughts, vocalizing it was awkward for her. "Nopony would like someone like you! Especially not me!"
Crepusular stood there in confusion. "Are you... blushing?" she asked.
Twilight turned away from her, hiding her face with her wings and exposing her flank, in the ultimate sign of disrespect. "I'm not blushing! You're such a fool! You should be grateful I even came to deal with you!"
And now the kicker! She'll surely turn to darkness after this! Twilight thought as she said her finishing line, "It... It's not like I like you or anything!"
"Well, here's your room," Twilight said as she led Crepusular around the castle.
The princess sighed. True, there was a possibility that her plan would fail and the evil mare would turn good after all, but she assumed it would be from her friends interfering. But they did nothing! And Crepusular still turned good! She didn't understand it at all!
Moreover, the new mare seemed to actually get happy when Twilight yelled at her. What's with that?!
Maybe I wasn't intense enough, Twilight thought. Maybe next time I need to stomp on them too.